also examine the
evolution of the public interest litigation.
DEFINITIONS OF PUBLIC INTERST LITIGATION
27. Public Interest Litigation has been defined in the
Black ... enforcement of
public interest or general interest in which the
public or a class of the community has pecuniary
interest or some interest by which
authorities to detain individuals for preventive reasons, such as the maintenance of public order or national security. It imposes certain additional safeguards, such ... case, D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (1997) , A Public Interest Litigation was filed by Dr Dilip Kumar Basu related to a case
public interest' is defined thus:
PUBLIC INTEREST (1) A matter of public or general interest "does not mean that which is interesting ... public interest' is defined as follow:
Public Interest - Something in which the public, the community at large, has some pecuniary interest, or some interest
Constitution of India
India
Constitution of India
CONTITUENTASSEMBLY 00 of 1950
Published in Gazette 00
Public interest litigation was intended
to means nothing more than what words themselves said viz.
"litigation in the interest of the public ... public interest litigation is now tending to become
publicity interest litigation or private interest litigation and has a
tendency to be counterproductive
legislations-Whether can be treated as a writ
petition-Maintainability of-Public Interest Litigation-
Nature and scope of.
Constitution of India, Article 32 (2) -Appointment ... regarded as an
"appropriate" proceeding. [107 F-H]
6. Public Interest litigation is not in the nature of
adversary litigation
publicity interest litigation" or "private interest
litigation" or "politics interest litigation" or the latest
trend "paise income litigation ... called public interest litigations where
even a minuscule percentage can legitimately be called as public
interest litigations. Though the parameters of public interest
litigation have
High Court could not have been
issued even in a public interest litigation under Article 226 of
the Constitution of India. On merits, the learned ... different fields.
WHETHER THE ANONYMOUS PETITION IS TO BE
TREATED AS PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION ?
49. The question that falls for our consideration is
whether
reach social justice to
them. The State or public authority against whom public
interest litigation is brought should be as much interested
in ensuring basic ... public authority.
There is a misconception in the minds of some lawyers,
journalists and men in public life that public interest
litigation is unnecessarily cluttering
Public interest litigation
was intended to mean nothing more than what
words themselves said viz. "litigation in the
interest of the public".
While ... public at
large may not.
It is trite, where a segment of public is not interested in the
cause, public interest litigation would not ordinarily
